Industries › PE & M&A Advisory › San Diego
San Diego’s 1 counties hold 93,407 business locations and 1,391,721 jobs. 4,477 of those locations have 50–499 people on staff. Sapper works out which of them fit your deal sourcing offer, calls the right person first and books the meeting for you.
| Sector | Locations | Jobs | 50–499 employees | 500+ employees | Change since 2022 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Health care | 11,649 | 221,111 | 566 | 41 | +465 |
| Professional services | 16,216 | 178,885 | 505 | 29 | +174 |
| Manufacturing | 2,929 | 102,762 | 342 | 28 | −26 |
| Construction | 8,325 | 91,254 | 333 | 9 | +154 |
| Wholesale trade | 4,148 | 51,685 | 152 | 7 | −106 |
| Information | 1,645 | 39,764 | 122 | 9 | −46 |
Where to start: Health care and professional services hold the most mid-size locations, 1,071 between them. Health care added the most locations between 2022 and 2023 (+465).
| County | All locations | Finance | Health care | Prof. services |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| San Diego, CA | 93,407 | 4,858 | 11,649 | 16,216 |
Where the market sits: San Diego County hold 100.0% of the metro’s business locations across 1 counties. San Diego County alone has 4,858 finance and 11,649 health care locations.
The metro has 1,547 securities, commodities and investment locations. They are calling the same owners you are.
What wins: naming the buyer’s problem in their words, then asking one question. A list of services sounds like everyone else in San Diego.
1. We agree on the accounts firstYou approve the target list. It is exclusive to you.
2. We introduce you, then keep goingPhone first, backed by email, LinkedIn and mail.
3. We qualify before we bookNeed, timing and who else is involved, confirmed.
4. You walk into a warm conversationWith the account history and a confirmed time.
For deal sourcing, we build the list around the size band, industries and geography in your thesis. Public counts do not show ownership, so you set the criteria and approve every account. San Diego County hold the most San Diego locations, and health care has the most mid-size ones (566). How appointment setting works →
The 1-county San Diego metro has 93,407 business locations. 4,477 have 50–499 employees and 209 have 500 or more (Census County Business Patterns, 2023).
The most mid-size locations are in health care (566), followed by professional services (505).
Titles to test first include general and operations managers. The metro has 26,230 of them, plus 7,350 financial managers. The final titles depend on what you sell, and you approve the list before anyone calls.
Nearby markets: PE & M&A Advisory in Riverside (87 mi), PE & M&A Advisory in Los Angeles (111 mi) and PE & M&A Advisory in Oxnard (155 mi).
If your buyers are San Diego contractors or home-service companies, Abstrakt’s San Diego page covers that market.
